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Great White North
Canada's Conservative Party gains strength
2006-01-18
Canada's Conservative Party, which would be more in line with Bush administration policies, appeared to gain strength in its quest to end 13 years of Liberal Party rule as campaigning for national elections entered its final week. Opinion polls released Monday show that Stephen Harper's opposition Conservatives were holding an advantage of 8 to 13 percentage points over Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberal Party — a gap that analysts say will be very difficult for the ruling party to overcome by Jan. 23, when voters will cast ballots for the 308-seat House of Commons.
Posted by:Fred

#9  Here's wishing our Canadian cousins a good election -- it'll help us all.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-01-18 22:26  

#8  I have no idea where the "death to American" mentality comes from and I'm getting tired of it.

Some of it comes from the immigrant population, some of it comes from America itself. I ran into one of those self-hating American types, now residing and working in Canada. Can't let 5 minutes go by without interjecting how she loves the fact that Canada isn't like the US. She can't vote yet, thank God.

BTW, a lot of it also comes from the Liberals and Martin himself. Wasn't it the other day when Martin said that Canadians and Americans don't share the same values? WTF??? That's a rather broad generalization, and if true, says more about Canada than the US.
Posted by: Rafael   2006-01-18 21:47  

#7  "Canada's Conservative Party, which would be more in line with Bush administration policies..."

"More in line" is kinda relative here. I think it is worth pointing out that even our "right wing" Conservative party is more like the left wing of the US Democratic Party. So, American readers, don't expect us to shift too much to the right. Even when we had Mulroney with two massive majorities and Reagan and Thatcher out there, we didn't exactly become hawks....but I am hoping!

Posted by: Canuck   2006-01-18 21:24  

#6  The ordinary Canadian is more and more a kind of "real" conservative (note the lack of CAP) - sick to death of "hug a thug" mentality and tanking abilities.

I have no idea where the "death to American" mentality comes from and I'm getting tired of it.

A minority is all that's needed for a start to return the country to some sort of balance.

Despite the inherited Liberal infrastructure, common sense might return. A balanced Harper (need to pull him a little centre of the right tilt he's on), but the checks and balances of the infrastructure (civil servants, senate, judicial) quo may help.

The vagarities and stupidity of Toronto (my city, alas) may perpetuate the criminal machine.

Home of crime waved in on immigrants and illegals from the same area - cherished by Liberals, released by Liberals and set to continue killing with their blessing. Nothing loves a thug like a thug.

Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Hupomoger Clans9827   2006-01-18 20:04  

#5  Nothing like a good ol' "the Conservatives might win!" media scare tactic to rally the Liberal base. Same thing happened last time around, with polls showing a tiny Conservative lead. What ended up happening? The Liberals trounced everyone in Ontario, and the election was over by the time polls opened in Vancouver.

I'll wait until election day, thank you very much.
Posted by: Rafael   2006-01-18 16:31  

#4  The election is next week. Look for the media to start pulling its punches; I can't picture them actually wanting a Conservative win... :/
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-01-18 14:49  

#3  Answer for Brer: They like the Liberal Party less and less. :-P
Posted by: Snump Flaviper5941   2006-01-18 14:47  

#2  Harper's platform is viewed as more in tandem with that of the Bush administration, which has found little support among ordinary Canadians ..

USA Todays slant is showing, how can this be true if the ordinary Canadian is voting for him? Hummm?
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2006-01-18 08:22  

#1  As per POLIPUNDIT.com the Conservatives reportedly are trying to collect NDP supp while the NDP wants Liberal supp - lets all hope and pray that the new elex don't result in Canadian versions of anti-Canadian Canadian, anti-Unitarian Unitarian, Treason = Patriotism, Capitalism = Socialism RINOS and CINOS, whom like America's Clinton-led/centric Dems will vote for a Canadian agenda before voting against it before......before.....before.............@. The Chicoms ala Defense Minister Hitian want to eliminate a mere 200M Americans out of America's 300M plus take over 1/2 of CONUS - dibs on how many Canadians and Western democratists get the honor and privelege of being righteously exterminated in OWG/State-planned holocaust/
genocide for the good of China, the CCP, enviro and the world, once America goes down for the count.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-01-18 03:55  

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